Art

Louie Gong's Eighth Generation’s tagline is “Inspired Natives, not ‘Native-Inspired,’” reflecting Gong’s goal of empowering Native artists in the region and across the country to become successful entrepreneurs while educating the public about the damaging aspects of cultural appropriation.

Painter Betty LaDuke is inspired by Oregon’s agricultural workers who plant, care for and harvest vineyards, orchards and fields. Her home studio is stacked with plywood panels that await her conversion of field sketches into acrylic paintings that express the experience of the people on the front lines of farm work.